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Mission accomplished, Villa now puts focus totally on basketball

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii guard Jessiya Villa shot the ball during the first day of basketball practice on Saturday. During a two-year church mission in Ghana, Jessiya Villa often was asked how his day was going. “Eye,” responded Villa, using the Twi-dialect word (pronounced Ay-yay) for “good.” These days, life is “eye” for Villa, who is a freshman guard for the University of Hawaii basketball team. Down 20 pounds since his senior season at Kahuku High,

Tolu Smith keeps POY award in Kahuku

Kahuku keeps churning out the player of the year in the Star-Advertiser’s Fab 15 for boys basketball. Tolu Smith, a 6-10 senior who is new to the program, follows Jessiya Villa as the top player in the state in the Fab 15 for 2018 released today. You can read more on Smith and check out our Fab 15 selections here. Villa topped the group last year while leading the Red Raiders to the state title. It is the first time that an OIA school has had successive players of the year si

Kahuku has had some top of the line boys basketball talent in the last decade

In 2008 Jray Galea'i made the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's Fab 15 @ # 6 while joined by a #StraightFromTheBush Punahou player named Manti Te'o @ # 13. In 2009 Jray made 1st team for the Honolulu Advertiser while securing the # 5 spot in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's Fab 15. Nehoa Akina secured a 2nd team nod for the Advertiser while being selected # 8 in the Star Bulletin's Fab 15. 2010 saw Keanu Akina ascending to 1st team all-state for the Advertiser and up to # 4 in the Star Bu

2017 Top Stories: Kahuku wins boys hoops title

The Kahuku Red Raiders celebrated their 70-55 win over Punahou to win the 2017 boys basketball state championship. Cindy Ellen Russell / Star-Advertiser In Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Paul Honda wrote about the top 10 prep stories of 2017. You can read it here. Here’s a deeper look at one of the 10 stories. 10. Kahuku captures boys basketball title While the Kahuku football team generates most of the attention, the boys basketball team drew plenty of enthusiasm from f

Unbeatens to meet on Day 1 of OIA-ILH Challenge

Kobe Young and the Kamehameha Warriors will take on Tolu Smith and the Kahuku Red Raiders Thursday night at Moanalua. ScoringLive photo illustration The opening day of the OIA-ILH Challenge will be highlighted by a matchup of undefeated teams when Kamehameha takes on Kahuku. The Warriors (4-0) and Red Raiders (4-0) will meet in the 7 p.m. game Thursday, the third of four games at Moanalua High School gymnasium. The eight-team non-bracketed tournament continues Friday and conc

Red Raiders distinguish themselves at ScoringLive awards

Two Red Raiders won awards for their performances as student athletes as voted and presented by ScoringLive: Boys Basketball All-Hawaii Division I Player of the Year — Jessiya Villa, Kahuku, Sr. All-Hawaii Division I Defensive Player of the Year — Kekaula Kaniho, Kahuku, Sr. [Kekaula was not in attendance this is a photo from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.] See the full article here: https://scoringlive.com/story.php?storyid=15389 #JessiyaVilla #KekaulaKaniho

History made

The signing of Jessiya Villa to the University of Hawaii is history in the making. Coupled with Samuta Avea putting ink to paper in November this marks the 1st time Kahuku has had two division one signees in basketball. Samuta Avea signs his letter of intent below. PC: khon2.com Our historic signees together below: #PrideoftheNorthShore #GoBigRed #RR4L #JessiyaVilla #SamutaAvea

UH basketball signs Kahuku’s Villa

COURTESY BRANDYN AKANA Jessiya Villa signed with UH at Kahuku High School. On the final day of the spring signing period, Hawaii basketball coach Eran Ganot expanded his team’s options in the coming years at the most important position on the floor. UH made official the signings of point guards Jaaron Stallworth of Yuba (Calif.) College and Jessiya Villa of Kahuku High School. “You check a lot of boxes for each of them in terms of point guard play, shooting and skill,” Ganot

Expected and unexpected signing for UH basketball

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Kahuku pointguard Jessiya Villa plans to take a two-year church mission to Ghana before he plays college basketball in 2019-20. As expected, the Hawaii basketball team picked up its first commitment of the spring today in Yuba (Calif.) College point guard Jaaron Stallworth. What wasn’t as expected was Kahuku point guard Jessiya Villa pledging to join the Rainbow Warriors as well. Red Raiders coach Brandyn Akana confirmed the decision o

Jessiya Villa signs with the University of Hawaii

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Finalists for Distinguished Athlete, Newcomer announced

Now in its fourth year, the ScoringLive Distinguished Athlete Awards, presented by the Great Aloha Run, honor standout student athletes for their performance over the course of the 2016-17 sports season, at an invitation-only banquet set for May 21 at the Manoa Grand Ballroom. The culminating awards of the ceremony are the Male and Female Athletes of the Year, and we are proud to announce the finalists for this season. They are, in alphabetical order: Male Athlete of the Year

Kahuku’s Villa adds Gatorade honor

Kahuku guard Jessiya Villa kept the ball away from Mount Vernon (N.Y.) center Gregory Calixte at the ‘Iolani Prep Classic. Photo by Jamm Aquino / Star-Advertiser. Kahuku senior guard Jessiya Villa, who was named the Honolulu Star-Advertiser player of the year just over a week ago, was selected as the Gatorade Hawaii boys basketball player of the year on Monday. Villa averaged 17.1 points, 6.2 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in leading Kahuku to its first-ever st

Jessiya Villa - Gatorade Hawaii Boys Basketball Player of the Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Manzo (312-729-3656) KAHUKU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETE NAMED GATORADE® HAWAII BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO (March 20, 2017) — In its 32nd year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, today announced Jessiya Villa of Kahuku High School as its 2016-17 Gatorade Hawaii Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Villa is the second Gatorade Hawaii Boys Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Kahu

Villa took Kahuku to another level

Kahuku's Jessiya Villa puts up a shot attempt in a preseason contest against Kamehameha on the road. Peter Caldwell | SL Player of the Year: Jessiya Villa, Kahuku, G, Sr. Jessiya Villa owned the keys to the best team in the state, and he didn't disappoint. The Kahuku point guard was exceptional in the final year of his prep career and was selected as the ScoringLive All-Hawaii Division I Boys Basketball Player of the Year after leading the Red Raiders to their first Division

Boys hoops Fab 15: Coaches chime in

The Kahuku Red Raiders celebrated their 70-55 win over the Punahou Buffanblu in the HHSAA boys basketball state championship game. Cindy Ellen Russell crussell@staradvertiser.com. Here’s a look at what coaches had to say about some of the 2017 Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball All-State Fab 15 selections. They had much to say about the Fab 15, and bit more about those who missed the list, which is to say that we could’ve had a Fab 20, no question. The “Extra Sauce” comments are

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